E-letter: Briefs

Dish TV India, Set-Top Box (STB) chipset provider Acer Labs (ALi), and Korean multimedia device supplier Handan further extended their partnership by launching the latest hybrid solution, Dish Box, to enhance […]

Harris reported its financial results for Second Quarter (Q2) 2019. In its Space and Intelligence Systems division, revenue increased 11 percent as double-digit growth from classified programs, driven by small satellites, […]

Lockheed Martin released its results for Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2018, as well as for the full year of 2018. Lockheed Martin’s Space segment’s net sales in Q4 2018 increased $49 million, […]

Speedcast International was awarded a new multi-year, fully-managed communications contract with Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, an entity of Bonheur ASA providing jack-up vessels used for offshore wind farm construction. Speedcast serves […]

Ball Aerospace successfully completed the first communication demonstration between Telesat‘s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Phase 1 satellite and Ball’s fully electronically-steered flat panel antenna at Telesat’s Allan Park ground station […]

A new $1.3 million (1 million British pounds) MOD investment will be funding the development of a new generation of British deployable satellite antennas. The ‘wrapped rib’ antenna aims to be […]

China HEAD Aerospace Technology Co. and its subsidiary HEAD Technology France (HEAD), has been awarded a key multi-million Euro contract in Ethiopia through a consortium led by HEAD and its […]

According to a new report, it is predicted that the 5G and LTE market grow more to more than $5 billion by 2021. The Private LTE & 5G Network Ecosystem […]

Hispasat, together with telecommunications services provider Media Broadcast Satellite, created a deal (with an initial duration of five years) to distribute FunBox Ultra High Definition (UHD) in Europe, the Middle […]

According to Airbus Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Grazia Vittadini, the company is recruiting outside help for expanding its efforts in quantum computing. Airbus is just one among other firms in sectors like […]

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) successfully lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India at 23:37 (IST) on Jan. 24. This was the rocket’s 46th flight, carrying […]

Swarm Technologies, a company developing a low-cost global communications network, closed its Series A financing round of $25 million. The round was led by Craft Ventures and Sky Dayton, founder […]

Thales Alenia Space, SSL, and Airbus have completed an important milestone for the Telesat LEO constellation. The consortium of Thales Alenia Space and SSL completed the System Requirements Review (SRR), and […]

Gogo revealed that it had installed 477 net aircraft with satellite technology during 2018. Gogo ended the year with 1,296 net commercial aircraft installed with satellite In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). This marks […]

Luokung Technology, a Chinese graphics data processing technology company, is strategically cooperating with the National Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Applications (the Engineering Center), which is China’s national-level center […]

Rocket Lab revealed that its first mission of 2019 will be a dedicated launch of a 150kg satellite for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA’s Radio Frequency Risk […]

Globalstar Europe Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Globalstar providing satellite messaging and emergency notification technologies, revealed that its Spot X two-way satellite communications device is now available across Europe and North […]

Viasat‘s Community Wi-Fi hotspot service is now available to more than one million people across Mexico. The Community Wi-Fi service is marketed locally in Mexico under the Conectaless brand, and serves […]

IKO Media Group, a global end-to-end service provider for broadcasters and international content producer, has joined forces with Blue Ant Media, a distributor and channel operator, to expand distribution for […]

OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb, carried out the first delivery of the first satellites for the OneWeb constellation. OneWeb Satellites will now turn its focus to […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a one-year contract with ArianeGroup to study and prepare for a mission to go to the Moon with the aim of mining regolith. Regolith […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), denoted NROL-71, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Base in California on Jan. […]

Speedcast revealed that Iridium Certus, a new multi-service platform powered by the $3 billion Iridium Next constellation, is now commercially available to Speedcast customers. Iridium Certus is designed to meet […]

With the support of specialists from Istar, the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) successfully completed the installation and commissioning of five central stations. These stations use UHP equipment to provide […]

Newtec provided a Newtec Dialog hub system to Satsol, a teleport and Internet Service Provider (ISP) on the Solomon Islands. As one of the Solomon Islands’ three ISPs, Satsol currently provides approximately […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-1 mission today at 9:50 a.m. local time. The satellites were carried aboard the fourth Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-4), […]

Community-based space platform SpaceChain successfully tested its second blockchain node in space, launched into orbit on Oct. 25, 2018, by a CZ-4B Y34 rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, Xinzhou, China. The […]

Glancy Prongay and Murray (GPM), a global investors rights law firm, revealed that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors that purchased or otherwise acquired Maxar […]

Comtech revealed that Comtech PST received a multi-million dollar contract award for solid-state, high-power Radio Frequency (RF) amplifier systems from Northrop Grumman for use on the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation […]

NanoAvionics opened a sales office in the United Kingdom, and appointed Tariq Sami as its U.K. Sales Director. Sami has worked in both the British and European aerospace industries, and aims […]